Monthly Archive for March, 2008Page 2 of 6

Man-made

Published
by
June
on 27 March 2008
in asides and current events
. 12 Comments

I just learned about this while watching tv with my seven-year-old. Freaky.

No More Tithing

Published
by
michael lee
on 23 March 2008
in The Intra-Web-O-Sphere!, art and culture and church
. 24 Comments

So, a few years ago, Matt shot a quick and cheesy little video about what church would look like if we simply did away with tithing. I subbed out some of the music, and we distributed it through Sermon Spice - you can see the original here: No More Tithing.


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You need to watch it all the way through, just trust me on this one. Watch the little gags along the way. Got it? Good.

I did a Google search tonight for the phrase no more tithing, just to see what would pop up. And lo, the google gods blessed me with this:

I called Matt, and made him watch the whole thing while on the phone with me. We laughed so hard I threw up.

Intra-Webs

Published
by
michael lee
on 23 March 2008
in asides
. 6 Comments

Read this awesome review of the Internet from 1995.

He Is Risen

Published
by
michael lee
on 23 March 2008
in faith and theology
. 8 Comments

Happy Easter, everyone.

Simple Pitches

Published
by
michael lee
on 21 March 2008
in audio and geek
. 16 Comments

I’m listening to a song online, and I want to know what key it’s in, but I don’t have a piano nearby. I’m sight-singing a chart, and just need a starting pitch. I’m doing a mental take-down of a song on my way to a rehearsal, and don’t know the key of the song.

Sometimes, you just need a simple pitch, without wanting to run to the piano, or fire up GarageBand, or hunt around your iTunes library until you find a song that you know the key of, and then figure out the interval between that and the new key you want.

You just need a simple pitch.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you:

SimplePitches.com

simplepitches

It does exactly one thing. You click on a note, it gives you a pitch. It’ll work on your browser, on your phone, on your iPhone, on anything that can recognize html and playback mp3s. It’ll get a bit more elegant as time goes on, but for now, use it, enjoy it, share it with those you love.